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neurohumour Physiol.|ˈnjʊərəʊhjuːmə(r)|
Also (U.S.) -humor.
[f. neuro- + humour, humor n. Cf. next.]
A neurohormone, esp. a transmitter.
1933Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. XXX. 556 That this stripe should be dark is due to the fact that the severance of the nerve fibers excites the discharge of an expanding neurohumor whereby the melanophores are made to enlarge and thus to darken the skin. 1948Special Publ. N.Y. Acad. Sci. IV. 292 Fries..has obtained considerable evidence pointing to the conclusion that xanthophores are also doubly innervated and believes that neurohumors are involved. 1959J. H. Welsh in A. Gorbman Compar. Endocrinol. 123 Although it is convenient to refer to the products of ordinary neurons as neurohumors and to those of neurosecretory cells as neurosecretory substances, their common role as regulatory agents must be recognized. 1971Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. XXXVIII. A.239 The neurohumor, serotonin, has been shown to be functionally involved in hibernation in the ground squirrel. |